begin quote from:
Trump 'still open-minded' on whether climate change is real
Trump: 'Nobody really knows' if climate change is real
Story highlights
- "I'm still open-minded. Nobody really knows," Trump says about climate change
- On the campaign trail, Trump called climate change a "hoax" that is being pushed by China
- The vast majority of climate scientists say climate change is real and humans contribute to it.
Washington (CNN)The reality of climate change is an open question, President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview aired Sunday.
"Nobody really knows" if climate change is real, Trump said in the "Fox
News Sunday" interview, when host Chris Wallace asked the incoming
President where he stands on the environment.
"I'm
still open-minded. Nobody really knows. Look, I'm somebody that gets
it, and nobody really knows. It's not something that's so hard and
fast."
Trump told Wallace he is
studying whether the United States should withdraw from its commitment
to limit environmental output made at the Paris summit last year.
"Now,
Paris, I'm studying. I do say this. I don't want that agreement to put
us at a competitive disadvantage with other countries," Trump said. "And
as you know, there are different times and different time limits on
that agreement. I don't want that to give China, or other countries
signing agreements an advantage over us."
In point of fact, the vast majority of climate scientists say climate change is real and humans contribute to it.
On the campaign trail, Trump called climate change a "hoax" that is being pushed by China,
but in recent weeks has showed a growing interest in looking into
issue. His daughter, Ivanka, has spoken publicly about taking on the
issue as one of her platforms and Trump has met with notable
environmentalists, including former Vice President Al Gore and actor Leonardo DiCaprio.
However, Trump named Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt as his choice for head of the Environmental Protection Agency, though Pruitt is a climate change doubter who is currently suing the EPA.
Trump
defended his selection of Pruitt by blasting the current state of the
EPA, saying businesses don't want invest in the United States because
there are too many regulations, which Pruitt will help loosen.
"If
you look at what -- I could name country after country. You look at
what's happening in Mexico, where our people are just -- plants are
being built, and they don't wait 10 years to get an approval to build a
plant, okay?" he said. "They build it like the following day or the
following week. We can't let all of these permits that take forever to
get stop our jobs."
After noting
that Trump has appointed many Cabinet positions and department heads
with people who are opposed to what their respective agencies have been
doing in recent years, Wallace asked Trump if he was "going to take a
wrecking ball to the Obama legacy."
Trump responded by saying, "No. No. No. I don't want to do that at all. I just want what's right."
No comments:
Post a Comment